Overthinking Isn’t a Personality Trait – It’s a Sign to Slow Down
- Neha Kumari
- Jul 16
- 4 min read
Don’t Feel You Are Too Much- You Are Just Thinking Too Much
“I am the one who thinks a lot.” We say it with the smile almost as a peculiarity of character.
We act as though it is a thing we are born with or indentured to be with already --- a permanent thing, a defining thing.
But what happens when you are not the kind of person that over thinks?When that is simply what your mind wants in order to find some kind of tranquility?
Enough about that overthinking stuff, it is tiring.It is the constant replay of every conversation, the analysis of every small detail, the future, the past, all of these things and the question that we always ask ourselves, what if and did I make a mistake?
It seems to be a chaos in your mind.However, behind that hustle and bustle, there are always these bottom underlying needs:A profound need to feel secure, sure, and in charge.
An Explanation of Why We Overthink
Thinking too much usually originates in anxiety, fear and emotional hurts. Yes, it is your brain feeling that it is trying to save you of the pain by anticipating all the extra results.
Just imagine your brain being a security guard doing an overtime shift. It does not wish to see you hurt, getting embarrassed, disappointed and rejected once more. Therefore it goes round and round, trying to figure out all the angles and reactions, trying to figure out every mistake.
It is all meant well: Security. And the method? It backfires.
Overthinking does not make the pain go away, but it only compounds the pain, internally, by building its own stress that are yet to happen.
It Can Not be “Simply What You are”
The most prevalent of the overthinking myths is as follows:That is just the way that I am.
However it is not yourself, it is the way you have learned to cope.
You might have been raised up in a house where the events were unpredictable. Or experienced relationships in which you always had to read too much into the moods of the people. Perhaps you have been judged, or gaslighted, or simply a misunderstanding occurred in your life and now your mind is trying to figure everything out before it takes place.
It is not your style. That is the survival mode.
The Appearances of Overthinking
Resurrecting hours, days, heck there are years old conversations
Theorised constantly in need of reassurance
Thinking of worst scenarios
Being concerned about what other people have to say about you
Having difficulties in making even unimportant decisions
Constant tiredness in the mind
Being overthinkers does not imply that you are broken. It only shows that you are tense, overwhelmed and are likely to require some serenity.
The Incognito Price of Overthinking
It seems that overthinking can only make you ready - but in reality, it is an act that takes your present.
It energy-saps you. It obscures your instinct. It makes you unable to make choices.It leaves you in a rut, up in your head, rather than in your life.
Being on overthinking mode always makes you doubt yourself, lose any joy in the moment and emotional connection to what you really want.
You are playing in theory, not reality.
How Start Healing From It
We cannot switch our thoughts off at night but we can make them move more slowly. Here is how to begin:
1. Grab It With Impartiality
Be aware of when you are spinning those stories and tell yourself what is going on, just idly label it.“Okay, I am overthinking once again.”
Tell it softly, as to a friend. It is not that you are taking yourself to task and beating yourself up. You are disrupting the pattern.
This is the start to change, awareness.
2. Rooted in Now-Time
Over-thinking exists in the past tense or future.Picking your self up means returning to the present.
Make an attempt: -list 3 items that you can see -list 2 items that you can feel -list 1 item that you can hear
Breathe deeply. Touch the soil with your feet. This is happening. The remainder is a mere consideration.
3. Make a Worry Window
To stop staying in the past and to stop worrying all the time, take 15 minutes every day and just worry.Write it down. Spill them.Then when it comes to time, shut the notebook, and head away.
This conditions your brain to hold on the overthinking and not to spilleth it to all corners of your day.
4. Put Your thoughts to work
Unproductive minds are overactive. Give then your mind some other application.
Read. Paint. Take a walk. Do puzzles. Listen music. Exercise your body. Engage in an interest-motivating or clear-cut habit, something that keeps you grounded back into the flow.
It is not to numb what you have in mind, it is to redirect your energy, though.
5. Talk to Yourself.
Majority of the overthinkers criticize the self too. There is this voice that keeps saying inside: I am not enough. You did a wrong thing. You ought to have done better.”
Begin substituting it with tenderness:– “I did my best, today.”– “It is fine not to know all the answers.”– “I am safe. I am making an effort. I am developing myself.”
The way you think will affect how you feel, thus use words that cushion, instead of condemning.
Final Thought
Being over-thinkers is not the death sentence. It is an acquired habit that is engendered through many years of stress, tension and emotional overload.
And, as all habits - it may be unlearnt.
You are not “excessive.” Simply you have too many thoughts in your mind which are not destined to reside in your brain perpetually. Free them. Return to your breath. First, go back to yourself.
Because behind all the noise, there is a version of you which is calm, clear and in total presence. That is who you are, not the one running in circles, but the one who learns to listen without fear.
That is the beginning of peace.
📅 By News Anek Digital Desk | July 16, 2025
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